As you know, I think, I have 10 beagles at my house right now. Two of them are adults, and, well, we failed at keeping them from having babies, and now there are 8, one month old beagle pups at our house.
While they’re super cute, and hilarious, they’re also kind of a pain in the butt. There are a few that are addicted to pulling on the power cord for the tv, and they shut off and reset the television pretty much every time we let them out of the kennel to play.
They’re also starting to go potty in the house, so I have set up a mop bucket station right in the living room to catch all the piddles as they happen.
They’re really noisy, now, too. There are barks, growls, squeals, and the least favorite, whines, all the time. And since they’re daring, they seem to get hurt and cry really loudly, pretty regularily too.
But it’s not all bad. They’re super cute, of course, and like I said, hilarious. The littlest one, that I call “Lila” is feisty as heck, and picks fights with the bigger ones. There’s always wrestling going on when they’re awake, and it’s really funny to watch.
When they’re sleeping, they’re all in a giant pile. They had taken up a favorite residence, right underneath the piano, and then found the heater, and piled up on the floor in front of there. My brother in law decided it’d be smart to just move the kennel in front of the heater, so now that’s their favorite spot.
Here are a few random photos of the puppy party that keeps going, and going… and going.
This was a few weeks ago, before Wendell was totally freaked out by the puppies.
Lila, the smallest one, has a problem getting in and out of the kennel on her own, though it's getting better.
Murphy and Charlie wrestle and fight almost all day long, it seems.
If my coat gets hung on the doorknob, they love to sleep on it.
This one, Ellie, cracks me up. If I'm on the couch, she comes begging to get up on my lap. Tonight she wedged herself down in between the pillow and the arm of the couch and slept for a really long time!
How adorable! I want one! So Wendell is freaked out about the puppies? Does he just completely ignore them, or does he run scared?
Comment by Tim & Lisa — February 9, 2010 @ 8:27 am
He runs scared and barks at them like he’s yelling ‘Leave me alone!” I’ll have to take video of it. Haha.
Comment by handkerchiefconfessions — February 9, 2010 @ 9:16 am